Ironing-table



W. I. CARE.

IRONING TABLE.

(No Model.)

No. 405,144. PatentedJune 11, 1889.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM I. CARE, OF GREENlVOOD, NEBRASKA.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,144, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed January 24, 1889. Serial No. 297,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. CARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenwood, in the county of Cass and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable ironingtables; and it consists of the partsand details of construction, as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the specification and drawings.

The general object of my invention consists in providing an ironing-table which shall be simple in its construction, effective in operation, and more durable than any of a similar nature now known to me.

' A further object consists in providing an adjustable folding ironing-table with suitable means for raising or lowering the same to any height or incline which may be required for the purpose of ironing.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved table Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same in a closed position.

Similar letters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts throughout the entire specification and drawings.

A indicates the ironing-board, having the reduced end portion a, and provided upon its bottom with the retaining-strips a a a, located near the end of the reduced portion of the board.

B represents the cross-strip secured to the bottom of the board A, and having its outer ends reduced to form bearings b b, to which the legs 0 C of the frame are movably secured bymeans of the holes 0 0 being formed therein. The legs are secured together at their lower ends by the movable cross-strip O. This cross-strip is provided with the tongue 0 which tongue gradually decreases in size toward its outer end. The legs 0 C have the rounds c c secured therein near their inner ends. D indicates the middle round secured to the middle of the legs 0 O, and to which .the shorter legs D D are movably secured.

The legs are held together at their outer ends by means of the round d, to which round the supporting-pieces E E are movably secured. Said supporting-pieces are also held together at their upper ends by the round 6. The upper ends of the supporting-pieces are provided with notches, as shown at e e.

The operation of my improved ironing-table (when it is desired to change the same from a folded to an upright position) is as follows: The legs 0 O are lowered and the tongue 0 secured to the movable cross-strip O, is raised upward until its reduced end 6 rests against one of the retaining-strips a a a, secured to the bottom of the board A near the end of the reduced portion thereof. The short legs D D, Working upon the middle round D, are then pulled outward, and the supporting-pieces E E, movably secured to the round at, are raised upward until the notched ends thereof rest upon either the cross-piece B, secured to the bottom of the board A, or rounds c c, secured to the legs 0 0 near their inner ends. By changing the position of the sup porting -pieces or the tongue C from one strip or round to another I am enabled to raise or lower either end of the board A to any desired incline.

Instead of the retaining cross-strips a a a, secured to the bottom of the board A,

grooves may be cut therein, and the end a of the tongue 0 rest therein.

I am aware that many changes in the details of construction herein shown may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure protection in by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In an adjustable ironing-table, the combination of the board A, of the retaining-strips a a a, of the cross-piece 13, provided with the bearings Z) Z), of the legs 0 O, pivotally secured at their inner ends to the bearings b b, of the cross-piece G, movably secured to the outer ends of the legs 0 C, of the tongue 0 secured to said movable cross-piece, of the short legs 5 D D, movably working upon the middle round D; secured to the legs C O, and having their outer ends secured together by the round (Z, of the notched supporting-pieces E E, movably secured to the round (1 and 10 connected at their outer ends by round 6, and

of the rounds c c, secured to the legs 0 O, substantially as herein shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature I 5 in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. CARR.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. FINLEY, GEORGE H. GUs'rER. 

